Alfred Spracklin – Too Soon! 1893

The death of Henry Spracklin was a blow which was followed by the death of the youngest son of Daniel and Sarah. He was the youngest of all the children of both marriages.

Alfred Marion Spracklin died 12 December 1893 and is buried next to his parent’s tombstone in the Community Center Cemetery east of Millersburg, Iowa.

According to a cousin he may have died of a snake bit? I do not know for sure, because I have not yet found an obituary about this death or an article in the newspaper about an accidental death. He might have just died of some illness.

He was said to have been born 16 July 1876 based on family information from other researchers. If you look at the tombstone his age is given and 1876 works and if you trace the last letter I think you will agree it is a “3.”

While trying to find out more about Alfred, I discovered his death is stated as 1898, according to the book: Iowa County Cemetery Stones & History 1844 to 1975 pg. 13, by the Iowa County Historical Society in 1976, a copy was found at the Iowa Genealogical Society in Des Moines. You will note the spelling of “Spracklen.

Here is the transcription in the published book:

Spracklen, Albert M. son of DD & S died December 12, 1898 age 17 yr. 4 mo. 26 days

DD b. Feb. 16, 1830 d. Mar. 9, 1915

Sara his wife b. Aug. 28, 1836 d. Apr. 22, 1907

father and mother

Here is the research I did awhile back. While not an exhaustive search it is a beginning:

Let us review the 1895 Iowa State Census for Daniel Spracklin and we find that Alfred is listed as deceased. Alfred appears in parentheses and a “D” is written by his name. I am going with the 1893 year for his death.

Iowa State Census for 1895 – Daniel Spracklin

At this point I have yet to find an obituary or article about Alfred’s death. If I am having trouble finding him in Poweshiek and Iowa Counties is it possible that he died elsewhere? He did have brothers living in Calhoun County which is northwest of Iowa County.

Again, how this death affected Amarilla is unknown. I have no funeral announcement to see if she came to the services. She had left her home in Iowa by 1875. If I could find her in the 1875 Minnesota State Census that would be helpful but she is not showing up. Iowa did not have and 1875 State Census. By 1878 she had married George A. Barclay and was living in Pine River, Minnesota.

Things to Ponder

Time to update my theme as of 5/23/2015. Enjoy!

The Header is a picture of Pine River, courtesy of the city of Pine River.

KELLER DESCENDANTS of John and Mary (Delano) Keller. Over the past year of 2014 and currently in 2015 I have been posting about the descendants of John and Mary on my Solomon Goss of Fearing Twp., In Ohio blog (see the link below). The Surnames are: Keller, Delano, Spracklin, Evertts, Helt, Pearl, Wintermute, Barr, Van Houten, Carson, Shaffer, Kees, Lacy, Riblet and much more. Cousins are sharing on that Solomon Goss Blog. More information has come to light about these families.

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